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Postpartum Health
Postpartum involves feeding positions held for hours, carrying an increasingly heavy child, broken sleep, and a body reorganising itself again — usually with far less support than pregnancy received.
Dr. Anne-Marie's perspective
We prepare intensively for one day and treat the following year as an afterthought. It is the opposite of how the body experiences it.
Recovery is not passive. It benefits from graded movement, real support, protected sleep where possible, and someone paying attention to how a mother is actually doing.
What's worth understanding
- Feeding and carrying loads are repetitive and one-sided; they deserve attention.
- Return to activity works best when it is graded rather than sudden.
- Persistent pain, pelvic floor symptoms, or mood changes should be raised with your provider.
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